Improvement in curtain-cord holders



NTTED STATES FREDRIOK E. WAGNER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

" IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-CORD HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 164,238, dated June 8,1875; application filed March 24, 1875.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK E. WAGNER, of the city of Buffalo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Curtain- Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to certain improvements in xtures for raising orlowering curtains, and fastening the saine at any point desired; and itconsists of a cam frame or support, and a curtain-roller support orjournalbox, when formed of one piece, and combined with arough-facedeccentric-shaped cam placed upon it on an axis, so as to turn easilywith the friction of a cord or tape, so that the height of the same maybe controlled thereby, the whole being so arranged that by drawing uponthe cord or tape vertically, o1' nearly so, the curtain maybe raised orfastened at any point required 5 or, by drawing it out at an angle fromthe perpendicular, the curtain may be either raised or lowered.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front view of myinvention attached to a window and curtain. Fig. 2 is a 3 is also a sideview of the cam, showing its position when the curtain is fastened.

A represents the curtain-roller. It is supportedby pivots E F andbrackets G H. lis a grooved roller, to which the tape or cord J isconnected. K represents the eccentric-shaped cam, supported on thepivots L, so as to turn easily in the frame M, which forms a part of thebracket H. G is the curtain.

The operation of my invention is very simple, and easily understood fromthe drawings. The tape or cord J is fastened to, and enough of it iswound around, the grooved roller I to raise the curtain to the properheight. The remaining part is then passed through the frame M,over thecam K, so as to be operated substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

I claim as my invention- The bracket F, having an extended lower end,terminating in the loop M, in which the scroll-wheel K is pivoted, thelatter being corrugated upon part of its periphery, and smooth as to therest, as and for the purposes described.

FREDRIOK E. WAGNER. Witnesses:

J. SANGsTER,

HERM. BERNHARDT.

